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1914 Rollis, Minnesota - 1992. Known for: Non-objective painting, teaching.
Born in Rollis, Minnesota, the Colorist Edward R. Lewis enjoyed a long career as a painter, prolific in watercolor, oil and acrylic. He also dedicated his life to teaching the arts and spent the... Read full biography
Born in Rollis, Minnesota, the Colorist Edward R. Lewis enjoyed a long career as a painter, prolific in watercolor, oil and acrylic. He also dedicated his life to teaching the arts and spent the majority of his artistic career as an art professor holding positions at Sioux Falls College, Sioux... Read full biography
Born in Rollis, Minnesota, the Colorist Edward R. Lewis enjoyed a long career as a painter, prolific in watercolor, oil and acrylic. He also dedicated his life to teaching the arts and spent the majority of his artistic career as an art professor holding positions at Sioux Falls College, Sioux Falls, South Dakota; and at Central Missouri State University (now University of Central Missouri) in Warrensburg, Missouri. His vibrant canvases often ask the viewer to make a quantum leap in perception,... Read full biography
Born in Rollis, Minnesota, the Colorist Edward R. Lewis enjoyed a long career as a painter, prolific in watercolor, oil and acrylic. He also dedicated his life to teaching the arts and spent the majority of his artistic career as an art professor holding positions at Sioux Falls College, Sioux Falls, South Dakota; and at Central Missouri State University (now University of Central Missouri) in Warrensburg, Missouri. His vibrant canvases often ask the viewer to make a quantum leap in perception, as his colors are the vehicle by which he describes light and space. Lewis began his studies at Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles, as well as the Minneapolis School of Art and the Walker Art Center before he was called to the Army to fight for his... Read full biography
Born in Rollis, Minnesota, the Colorist Edward R. Lewis enjoyed a long career as a painter, prolific in watercolor, oil and acrylic. He also dedicated his life to teaching the arts and spent the majority of his artistic career as an art professor holding positions at Sioux Falls College, Sioux Falls, South Dakota; and at Central Missouri State University (now University of Central Missouri) in Warrensburg, Missouri. His vibrant canvases often ask the viewer to make a quantum leap in perception, as his colors are the vehicle by which he describes light and space. Lewis began his studies at Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles, as well as the Minneapolis School of Art and the Walker Art Center before he was called to the Army to fight for his country during World War II. Returning state side, Lewis worked for several years at the St. Cloud Veterans Hospital at St. Cloud, Minnesota w... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Painting, Fine Art
Art Media
Art Style
- •Abstraction and Realism; Semi Abstract
- •Dynamic Symmetry
- •Geometric Abstraction, Linear, Grids, Hard Edge
- •Non Objective
Art Subject
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Floral Still Life, Floral Motifs, Flowers
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Still Life
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Mexico and/or Central America
- •Taos Pueblo
- •Taos, New Mexico After 1940
Art Teacher
- •Byron Burford
- •Mauricio Lasansky
- •Rico LeBrun
- •Stuart Edie
Art School
- •Minneapolis School of Fine Art, College Art & Design, Student
- •Otis Art Institute, (Otis College of Art & Design) Student
- •Walker Art Center School, Minneapolis-Student
Awards/Recognition
- •Helene Wurlitzer Foundation Fellowship
- •Huntington Hartford Foundation Fellowship
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing